Implants + ED Drugs = POWER DRILL

In my last blog entry a year ago I wrote how penis implants are both good and bad. I think I could have continued for a little while longer with injection therapy even though its performance was beginning to decline.  My member would get larger but not quite as firm as before, and with my new girlfriend there were difficulties involving the big size but lack of hardness, so penetration was rather difficult. Thus my decision to get penis implants was sort of made for me.  I love and wanted to please her in every way possible, so I underwent the surgery in the hope that making love would be easier for us.

As I said, with implants my love wand was hard but both shorter and thinner than before. Instead of a "balloon" feeling it was more like a finger inside a glove with a little sliding of the outside, and the head did not swell like a normal erection, so I was a bit disappointed. Oddly enough, though, the hard & skinny new equipment made it much easier to achieve insertion, and we were both pleased with the result. The last time we made love I came twice, which never happens, and so did my Orgasmic Goddess, for whom it was just another really good night.

Like any man, though, I still hoped maybe there was something that would help me be all I could be, so to speak, and I eventually stumbled upon a medical study that concluded something like 70% of the men with implants tested derived greater satisfaction with the use of Sildenafil (Viagra) along with pumping up the implants. I had noticed that when I got really aroused like when I was kissing my beautiful partner, things did seem to swell a bit even before I pumped up the implants, so a little chemical boost could only help matters.

And did it ever! I had a previous prescription for Rugiet (good stuff- see past entry) which has Sildenafil, Tadalafil, and Apomorphine. I experimented with it, and within minutes my skinny willy became FAT and HARD, even harder than with the implants alone, and the head was swollen like a mushroom cap. I felt like I could poke holes in the drywall of our bedroom. The Apomorphine is a Dopamine agonist, which excited my brain and made me desperate to poke the HELL out of SOMETHING!  My very understanding Lady (who is now my wife) got into the spirit of things with almost no prompting and did her best to guide my zeppelin into the hangar.

The funny thing was that my expanded member (which by now resembled a hot dog cooked in the microwave so long that the skin was tight and seemed about to burst) made it extremely difficult to achieve penetration. I pushed and pushed, hard enough that my meat rod bent but still couldn't force entry.  I guess she is one of those "tiny giny" women whose gates of heaven are narrower than most. So our next love making session will involve only the implants.... Anyone want to buy my leftover Rugiet lozenges?

                                                                                                                                                         

My Final Solution: Penile Prosthetic Implant Surgery

 Here are the highlights, USA Today style:

1. Bottom line IMHO is if you're having success with any ED treatement, stick with it as long as it works, and only when you've tried all alternatives and nothing else is working should you seek penis implant surgery.  It is an invasive, permanent solution to ED that has some advantages but also several disadvantages.

2. Pros: You can have an erection, such as it is, whenever you want one.  You don't need to worry about how many pills/injections you have left, especially while traveling.  You don't have to worry about whether you will get an erection at the critical time, and you don't have to worry about how long you will stay hard.  

3. Cons: There is a lot of pain post-surgery, some of which can last up to a year (Don't just watch the tesimonials on YouTube like I did, look up the post-operative instructions from different medical providers, which tell you what to expect for real). The head of your penis will no longer swell when you're excited like it used to, and a certain condition, "floppy glans syndrome", while not common requires additional surgery to correct.  Although the implants get hard, the surrounding flesh is kind of loose, so the normal feeling of friction in intercourse is a little lessened. The feeling of the erection, generally, is somewhat different than what you're used to; you can also feel the pump and tubing with your hand quite readily.  The pump itself is a little difficult to operate, and for at least the first few weeks your scrotum will hurt from the compression of your fingers against the pump inside it.  The urologist said that they can make the penis somewhat larger depending on how much scar tissue is present, but since I'd had a mild case of Peyronie's Disease with some scarring there was has been some shortening, which is the chief complaint of patients who were less than completely satisfied, me included.  Last but not least, there is some risk of infection, which also happened to me.

The boring details are:

I started with a new (to me)urologist, asked him about penis implants since my Super Bi-mix injections worked but not as well as they used to. and I knew that eventually they would not work at all .  He said I was a good candidate for implants because I am taking Xarelto for A-fib, and the anti-coagulant drugs tend to cause excess bleeding in the penis when the ED injections are used.  After some more consultation we set a date that was about 6 weeks out for the surgery.

Surgery was under general anaesthesia, so I felt like crap when I awoke.  They kept me in the hospital overnight as a precaution due to my A-fib, and for that night and the next day I felt pretty good, not knowing that they had chocked my nether regions full with painkillers.  My johnson and balls were cradled in some sort of cushioned gauze pocket taped to my abdomen, and a Foley catheter had been inserted into my urethra.  By the time I was released, I had three swollen balls:  the pump and fluid reservoir felt like a third ball. The doc tried to remove the cradle, but the gorilla tape they'd used hurt so bad when he pulled on it that it brought tears to my eyes. I was later able to take it off after soaking in the shower the next day. I could barely sit down on the ride home, and though they gave me a week's worth of Tramadol I ached eontinually for a week straight.  Even though the pain began to subside on the 7th day, my balls remained swollen for quite some time afterward.  

The night before my 3-week follow-up doctor visit I developed a fever and shivered violently for almost 2 hours straight. Turns out I had a Urinary Tract Infection, for which they gave me Levaquin, a badass antibiotic with which you can have no alcohol, grapefruit, or several other things, including sunlight.  After that went away, my balls and weenie were all still very tender, so I was unable to use or practice with the device.  When I finally could do so, operating the pump by squeezing the bulb through the scrotum has made it feel bruised and a little sore.  I will say that finally, 8 weeks later,  I had sex with my girlfriend and though awkward and different-feeling, it was in the end quite satisfying.  Maybe with my continued breaking-in of the pump and toughening of my scrotum it will be even better.  We'll see.

Update: It's been seven months since the surgery and the implants are functioning quite well, although as I said there has been some shortening of the penis and it does not have the girth it once had.  I read two interesting articles among a host of dull ones about that:  One said that the use of an ED medication like Viagra or Cialis would induce some swelling of the glans and maybe improve girth somewhat until the medication wears off-- I've noticed that when I get really excited, the ridge on on the underside of my cock actually swells a bit, so the drugs  might indeed help.  I'm thining of re-ordering Rugiet, which is Viagra combined with a nother drug, Apomorphine, that really helps you get in the mood... 

Another article was a case study of a guy whose implants for some reason needed replacing.  He used a vacuum assist device (a penis pump) regularly while waiting for the replacement surgery.  Supposedly it increased the size of his corpora cavernosa enought that the urologist was able to insert a larger set of implants than before, so maybe that's something you could look forward to if things go wrong the first time. 

To sum it all up, the surgery is painful and although most of it goes away in a few days there is still some tenderness here after 7 months.  I and a lot of men find that with the implants the penis is somewhat shorter and a little thinnner than it was before the surgery. But on the other hand, sex with the implants works quite well: My girlfriend seems to genuinely enjoy it, anyway!  There is something to be said for not having that "Will it work or not?" anxiety that began with ED and continued through all the times I used medications and then with the injections, so  now I do have a certain degree of confidence that I can be hard whenever I need to be.

My Edex Experience Continues to Be Unpredictable....

Well there was a long dry spell owing to a big fight my wife and I had, along with other factors, part of which includes the lack of spontaneity involved with the use of Edex.  It's so expensive on my crappy health insurance that I generally wait until She commits to us doing the do before going ahead with the injection. Just the other night, though, it had been almost a month since we'd last had actual intercourse (although, trouper that she is, she gave me a wonderful blow/hand job just last week after we made up), so I knew from her attitude and demeanor she'd be ready about any time now....  She seems to be about the only woman who likes morning sex.  I think it's because we can immediately get cleaned up afterward and begin our day.  No matter how good/bad/mediocre the sex has been, she almost always gets up in a good mood, humming away while she fixes breakfast.  Ah, what a lovely girl she is... but I digress:

I ambushed her.  I got up first, zapped Little Willy with the Edex and returned to bed.  It took a good 15 to 20 minutes to take effect, but hallelujah when it did!  I waited awhile for her to wake up, playing with the wood every so often to keep it firm.  Eventually, however, I found myself becoming too aroused, as the pre-cum began to flow quite a bit.  I finally stirred around in the bed enough to get her half-awake, then rolled my back to her.  As I'd hoped, she took up the spoon position behind me and, as she does quite often, she kind of sleepily felt me up, playing with my butt, rubbing my belly, etc until her hand inadvertently dropped to my nether region, and whoa! she startled fully awake at finding the diamond-cutter waiting for her.  She seems to be continually fascinated by the wood that Edex produces, and she rolled me onto my back and went down on me for a bit, then rested her head on my belly while she played with her toy.  She seemed to be feeling it up and down out of curiosity rather than trying to give me pleasure, several times squeezing it rather hard between thumb and fore finger as if testing its firmness, etc.  It didn't bother me as I was in freakin' HEAVEN.  I couldn't help but moan.  She eventually mounted me and tried to move as slowly as possible, but the dry spell and and all the unusual foreplay had me at a fever pitch and I was GONE in no-time... damn.

Now the clinical aspect of the Edex:  After exploding with the rolling climax produced by expelling all the backed-up love juice, Willy softened up quite a bit, and seeing this, the Lilttle Woman, her mission accomplished, rolled over and went back to sleep.  We spooned, but uncharacteristically for a man, I was unable to sleep afterward with her beautiful body pressed up against me. Willy soon (5 to 10 minutes) became rock hard and ready to party again, but dammit, I didn't dare try a second ambush.  Thanks for the torture, Edex!

EDEX Still Rules, No Buts About It!

After the unexpectedly wild night of June 20, 2013 (see previous post), we were all fired up for Date Night on Friday the 21st.  A romantic dinner out, a few drinks at the local club, and we were both ready for action.  I'd read in the literature that something like 57% of guys who start out on Prostoglandin have to have their dosage adjusted within a few weeks, so that took away a lot of worry. This time I went right for the gusto and injected two 10 mcg doses.  It only took a few minutes to take effect with a VENGEANCE, and when that happened I was more relaxed and confident than I'd ever been, so I was able to pace myself and take a leisurely approach to foreplay like I hadn't been able to do for a few years.  Our fooling around went on so long that SHE was the one who finally initiated intercourse:  It was cowgirl up, and she rode me furiously, at one point with her hand in the air like at the rodeo.  She has this back and forth move with her hips that apparently feels really good for her but doesn't give me the same pleasure that her up-and-down motion does, but that was good because it didn't make me come too soon, either. It was kind of a weird feeling having my member slammed back and forth inside her, but the visual effect of her up there was also unbelievably hot, so it was both kind of relaxing and arousing at the same time!  

She went on vigorously like that for quite a while, then suddenly confirmed that her usual little outcries are indeed the sound of her coming-- It was a BIG outcry this time, and she flowed when she came, which I'm not sure has ever happened since we've been together. She then slowed her movement and lost focus for a few seconds, but soon began rising and falling on me, which was INCREDIBLE, but soon I could tell she was either losing steam or losing interest.  I laid her down, assumed the top position and carried on, thrusting to please myself.  Danged if after a few minutes she didn't cry "unnngh!" again (although not as loud as before) and sort of went motionless for several seconds.  I couldn't believe how good it was, and didn't want it to end.  My wonderful lover, however, knows every one of my erogenous zones and tweaked all of them, finally pinching both my nipples hard until I was driven over the edge.  I exploded BIG, did some crying out myself, and then collapsed on top of her.  We were asleep in seconds....  THANK YOU, EDEX!

With Viagra and some of the others it's all about TIMING!

I really miss the days when Cialis actually worked for me, because it made spontaneity SO much easier.  I could take it late Friday or early Saturday and be good to go through most of Sunday, which is why they call Cialis "The Weekender".  Sigh....  With Viagra and Levitra, however, you have to time the dose so you don't have to wait too long but then you don't wait so long the effects wear off before you can take advantage of them (and Staxyn takes so long to work you might just fall asleep before any fireworks can occur)..  My Lady is great because she likes to be surprised and is not adverse to a little action as soon as she wakes up in the morning.  Problem is, though, if I wait too long she gets  restless or hungry or has to pee and she goes off to remedy that and never returns, unless I reveal that I've already swallowed a $20 pill and would like to get our money's worth....  So, if I wake up before she does, I try to anticipate when she'll awake and take the pill about a half-hour before, but of course that doesn't always work out.  I suppose maybe we could work out a plan and ditch trying to be spontaneous, but it's just not quite as much fun.  This last time, we'd both been sick for a couple weeks and hadn't had any for a while, so she was plainly ready.  Knowing that, I just waited till she was awake, we started fooling around a bit, and then rather pointedly I went over to the nightstand where the glorious power nuggets awaited.  She just smiled.....  We then watched TV from the bed for a bit, finally began fooling around some more, and... SPROING!  Launch sequence initiated, entry assured, and a riotous blast-off point was reached a few minutes later.   Life was good again!   Maybe we can do that every time...?  Ah well, we'll have to see, I guess.  THANK YOU, PFIZER!  GOOD NIGHT!